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Psychotria.] > Lxxv. RuBIACEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) 163 
lower pair of branches long spreading raehis above them arrested, flowers in 
many small heads terminating the branchlets, fruit globose areole small. Psy- 
chotria ? Wall. Cat, 8345. j 
Western PreNiNSULA; Shevagherry and Dindygul hills, Wight. 
Branches stout, smooth. Leaves 6-8 by 2-3 in., green and rather flaccid when 
dry, base narrowed into a petiole 3-1} in.; nerves distant, about 10 pair; stipules 
caducous, variable, sometimes toothed. Cymes large, 3-4 in. diam.; peduncles stout, 
3 in. and less, lower pair of branches ascending or recurved branched at the end, and 
bearing small heads 4-1 in. diam. of glabrous flowers; bracts caducous. Calyx-limh 
membranous, teeth very short, obtuse or acute.  Corolla-tube broadly shortly funnel- 
shaped, mouth villous. Fruit } in. diam., smooth. Seed 1-terete, ventral face flat, 
albumen ruminated.—Wight’s originally distributed specimens have a terminal cyme, 
with an elongated rachis; all the numerous others have the rachis exceeded in height 
by the ends of the lower branches of the cyme. 
8. P. truncata, Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey & Wall. ii. 162; 
glabrous, leaves large cuneate-obovate or orbicular rarely elliptic-obovate 
abruptly apiculate coriaceous base cuneate, nerves 14-16 pair close and strong, 
stipules very large, cymes peduncled or sessile brachiate, lower branches 
whorled, berry ellipsoid. P. Heyneana, Wall. Cat. 8327, in part. 
Western PENINSULA; on the Ghats from Concan southwards, Heyne, &c. 
Branches stout, smooth. Leaves 6-8 by 3-4 in., pale green when dry, narrowed 
into a stout petiole 4-1} in., upper surface usually rgised between the spreading 
nerves; stipules sometimes 14 in., broadly ovate or oblong, free or connate below, 
coriaceous. Cymes terminal, often short and dense in flower, in fruit 5-6 in. diam., 
stout, 3 in. and under; branches long or short; bracts deciduous ; flowers small, sub- 
sessile. Calyx-limb truncate. Corolla-tube very short, glabrous, mouth with a fringe 
of hairs. Berry Lin. smooth. Seed }-terete, ventral face flat; albumen ruminate. 
—The ticket of Heyne marked March 20, 1837, identifies the H. Heyneana of Wallich’s 
catalogue with the H. truncata of his and Carey's edition of the “ Flora Indica." 
9. P. Dalzellii, Hook. f.; glabrous, very robust, leaves obovate or 
oblong- or obcuneate-obovate coriaceous tip obtuse or rounded, base cuneate, 
nerves 12-20 pair strong, stipules very large, cymes terminal peduncled 
brachiate, branches whorled very stout with terminal capitate flowers, and 
large persistent bracts. P. bracteata, JV. § A. Prodr. 434, not of DC. 
Western PENINSULA; from Canara southwards, 
Branches sometimes as thick as the little finger, smooth, cylindric. eaves 5-10 
by 2-4 in., pale or black when dry, nerves strong on both surfaces; petiole very 
short, stout; stipules broadly oblong or orbicular, coriaceous, sometimes % in. diam., 
axils glabrous, Cyme-peduncle 3 in. or less, lower branches 4-5 in a whorl, 1-2 in. ; 
bracts 4—4 in., broadly ovate or orbicular, very coriaceous ; bracteoles concave as long 
as and forming an involucre round the heads of flowers. Calya-teeth 5, short, rounded, 
ciliate. Corolla-tube 4 in., glabrous, throat villous. Fruit young, glabrous, crowned 
with the enlarged calyx-limb.—Dalzell has called this a Grumilea. I have seen no 
ripe fruit. ; 
** Cyme-branches opposite, whorled in 15. P. malayana, 
10. P. elongata, Wight Ic. t. 1036 (Grumilea) ; glabrous, leaves elliptic 
or obovate obtuse subacute or cuspidate, base cuneate, nerves 10-14 pair, axils 
sometimes perforated, uppermost stipules connate obtuse, cymes terminal, fruit- 
ing elongate racemiform, branches very short opposite and peduncles very stout, 
flowers crowded, fruit globose, calyx-limb minute. Psychotria, Wall. Cat. 8350. 
Nirenerry and Suevacuerry His, Noton, Ee, Creton: Central Province, alt. 
7000 ft., Thwaites. 
Shrubby. Leaves 3-5 by 14-21 in., pale when dry; nerves slender, spreading; 
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